2 Reyes 22:4

4 Ve al sumo sacerdote Hilcías para que cuente el dinero traído a la casa del SEÑOR, que los guardianes del umbral han recogido del pueblo,

2 Reyes 22:4 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 22:4

Go up to Hilkiah the high priest
Who had an apartment in the temple; there was an Hilkiah, a priest, in those times, who was the father of Jeremiah the prophet, ( Jeremiah 1:1 Jeremiah 1:2 ) , whom an Arabic writer ^F12 takes to be the same with this; but it is not likely:

that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the Lord
which the people voluntarily offered for the repairing of it; this he would have the priest take an account of, that the sum total might be known; his meaning is, that he should take it out of the chest in which it was put, and count it, that it might be known what it amounted to; see ( 2 Kings 12:9 2 Kings 12:10 ) , some understand this of melting and coining the silver thus given

which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people:
who were Levites, ( 2 Chronicles 34:9 ) , either porters of the door, or rather the treasurers, as the Targum; the keepers of the vessels of the sanctuary, that had the care of them, as the Jewish commentators generally interpret it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 Abulpharag. Hist. Dynast. p. 68.

2 Reyes 22:4 In-Context

2 E hizo lo recto ante los ojos del SEÑOR y anduvo en todo el camino de su padre David; no se apartó ni a la derecha ni a la izquierda.

3 Y en el año dieciocho del rey Josías, el rey envió al escriba Safán, hijo de Azalía, de Mesulam, a la casa del SEÑOR, diciendo:

4 Ve al sumo sacerdote Hilcías para que cuente el dinero traído a la casa del SEÑOR, que los guardianes del umbral han recogido del pueblo,

5 y que lo pongan en mano de los obreros encargados de supervisar la casa del SEÑOR, y que ellos lo den a los obreros que están asignados en la casa del SEÑOR para reparar los daños de la casa,

6 a los carpinteros, a los constructores y a los albañiles, y para comprar maderas y piedra de cantería para reparar la casa.